2002Final resultsIncumbent defeated
2002 election for Georgia House District 18
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Bill Heath (R) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Thomas B. Murphy (D) by 7.8 points.
Bill HeathRepublican · winner
53.9%6,431
Thomas B. MurphyDemocrat · incumbent
46.1%5,495
11,926 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2002
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET